For all things we perceive are upside down until we listen to the Voice of God. It seems that we will gain autonomy but by our striving to be separate, and that our independence from the rest of God's creation is the way in which salvation is obtained. Yet all we find is sickness, suffering, loss and death.
ACIM-W-328:1:1-3
Wow! We got it all wrong, don't we? We are not going to find the 'salvation' we are looking for through striving, or by building borders around ourselves that separate and defend.
What is this salvation many of us seek? It is simply freedom from suffering. We think we need to do whatever we can to protect ourselves from the suffering life hands out. Do we not often believe that God is out to get us? So we separate and defend this 'little me' we believe is us from all potential villains. We build walls around it, throw our spears from it and from our fortresses we strive to own, attain, and have all the "things' of the world that will fill a hole in us. We mentally argue against our need for each other, the world and God thinking this argument will make us autonomous, strong and successful. It only makes us sick, suffering and victims of illness, loss and death. Is this the salvation we are looking for?
No!
Isn't what most of us want...if we really, really think about it...is just peace of mind and joy and happiness. Do we just not want to be free of fear and feel safe?
Well the good news is ...we can have this. We can be saved. This salvation, however, does not come from our fear induced argument that we need to protect ourselves from Life by separating from God and others. It comes from realizing that our perceptions are upside down. God isn't out to get us. We were not meant to suffer like this...we created all this nonsense in our minds so we can un-create it. We can change our perceptions. We can begin by realizing what God really wants for us.
It is Your Will that I be wholly safe, eternally at peace.
ACIM-W-328:2:3
All is well!
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